Čecháček

Czech

Etymology

From Čech +‎ -áček (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛxaːt͡ʃɛk]
• Hyphenation: Če‧chá‧ček

Noun

Čecháček m anim

1. (derogatory) a Czech person as a bearer of the negative national stereotypes, especially small-mindedness, fawningness, cowardice, overcautiousness, enviousness or stinginess

Declension

Declension of Čecháček (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Čecháček	Čecháčkové
genitive	Čecháčka	Čecháčků
dative	Čecháčkovi, Čecháčku	Čecháčkům
accusative	Čecháčka	Čecháčky
vocative	Čecháčku	Čecháčkové
locative	Čecháčkovi, Čecháčku	Čecháčcích
instrumental	Čecháčkem	Čecháčky

Derived terms

• čecháčkovský
• čecháčkovství

 

Further reading

• “Čecháček”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Čecháček”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)